History
The Pancyprian-Freedoms were founded in 1974, and have competed in New York City’s Cosmopolitan Soccer League, a well-respected league which dates back to the 1920s and which is a member of the United States Adult Soccer Association Region I group of leagues, since that inaugural season. The Freedoms have won seven Cosmopolitan League titles in their history, in 1979, 1980, 1982, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2011.
The Pancyprian-Freedoms are also one of the all-time great National Challenge Cup clubs, and have qualified, or have attempted to qualify, for the Open Cup every year of their existence. They won the cup three times in the pre-Major League Soccer era, in 1980, 1982 and 1983, and following their triumph in 1983 they reached the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1984, beating Mexican powerhouse Puebla on penalties, and overcoming Honduran champions Vida, before they and their semi-final opponents CD Guadalajara were disqualified after failing to agree on the dates of the matches.
The Pancyprian-Freedoms have qualified for the final stages of two US Open Cups in the MLS era. They lost 3-2 in extra time to the Real Maryland Monarchs in the first round in 2008, and lost 2-0 in the first round to USL Premier Development League team Long Island Rough Riders in 2010.
In addition to their CSL and USOC exploits, the Pancyprian-Freedoms won the 2008 US Open Amateur Cup, beating the Arizona Sahuaros 2-1 after extra time in the final in Seattle, Washington. They also won the 2010 and 2011 US Open Cup besting the Detroit FC 3-0 in pk's following 2-2 tie after regulation and 2OT's in 2010. The team once again won the US Open Cup in 2011 in Bowling Green, KY crushing AAC Eagles (ILL) 6-0 in the semifinals and besting Doxa Italia (CA) 5-4 in Pk's after a 2-2 tie in regulation and overtime.
The current men's team is composed primarily of players that came up through the Eleftheria-Pancyprian Youth teams, the youth soccer division of the Pancyprian Association of New York. The majority of players have played NCAA Division I college soccer, and are now young business professionals or attending graduate school in various fields of study.
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